To prevail outside, one must first secure the inside.
After reaching a consensus to deal with the White Jade Immortal Realm, Emperor Zhenwu had everyone strike together, first purging the fiendish beasts of the Immortal Demon Sea and the forsaken immortals from the Human Clan's Northern Territory.
In the meantime, he led some of the Great Powers, including Dao Venerable Lei Ting, to the Cangzhou Territory to seek out the invaders from the White Jade Immortal Realm, joining forces to suppress them.
Another ten years passed.
Emperor Zhenwu set an ambush in the Cangzhou Territory, capturing alive more than a hundred people above the rank of Fusion Realm Dao Monarch from the Celestial Immortal Palace of the White Jade Immortal Realm.
In the subsequent years, forces from various families gathered a massive army in the Cangzhou Territory, preparing to move against the White Jade Immortal Realm.
Outside the Immortal Array Ruins.